{"id":84302,"date":"2024-10-08T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84302"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:53:07","slug":"memory-hole-digging-into-the-memory-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84302","title":{"rendered":"Digging Into The Memory Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the last couple of legislative sessions, the DFL wrote a whole bunch of moral checks.<\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;ve got an election coming up, how about we see how many of them bounced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unrestricted abortion is one promise the DFL trifected promised and delivered on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84334\">very very overdelivered<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DFL brought a certain brusque brutality to the issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">During a hearing to repeal abortion regulations, including protections for infants who survive abortions, Rep. Scott asks Rep. Liebling when a baby becomes a human. Rep Liebling calls the question \u201ccompletely irrelevant.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Il8oCUODcH\">pic.twitter.com\/Il8oCUODcH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlphaNewsMN\/status\/1618051021921468426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And delivered on it with teutonic precision, leaving no potential abortee behind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-alpha-news wp-block-embed-alpha-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1y8JPO4af6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/dfl-senator-who-supported-pro-act-vowed-to-safeguard-against-late-term-abortions\/\">DFL senator who supported PRO Act vowed to &#8216;safeguard against&#8217; late-term abortions<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;DFL senator who supported PRO Act vowed to &#8216;safeguard against&#8217; late-term abortions&#8221; &#8212; Alpha News MN\" src=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/dfl-senator-who-supported-pro-act-vowed-to-safeguard-against-late-term-abortions\/embed\/#?secret=pWAP2W4oxy#?secret=1y8JPO4af6\" data-secret=\"1y8JPO4af6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And have brought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87244\">certain totalitarian <em>panache<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>to trying to erase all dissent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last year, the crisis pregnancy center I sit on the board of\u2014the same one that supported my mom when she was pregnant with me\u2014was vandalized by radical leftists.<br><br>Now Democrats want to use eminent domain to shut us down.<br><br>I WILL fight this tooth and nail.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WREDIaxyhJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/WREDIaxyhJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joe Teirab (@JoeTeirab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeTeirab\/status\/1773049559050039596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Green Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was <em>your <\/em>powrer cheaper?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we passed HF7 through the House to achieve 100% carbon free energy in MN by 2040! <br><br>This huge win means cheaper power, more jobs, and doing our part on climate change. Next stop, Senate floor!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mnleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y0styvw0mJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Y0styvw0mJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jamie Long (@Jamiemlong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jamiemlong\/status\/1618843629673652225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/minnesota-among-top-5-states-for-highest-energy-bills\/\">Why, no.  It is not<\/a>.  <br><br><br><strong>Social Security Taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember when the DFL ran on eliminating taxes on Social Security?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are certainly hoping you don\u2019t:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember when Senate DFLers in swing districts ran on eliminating Social Security taxes?<br><br>Well they just stopped a bill from doing just that in a 100% party line vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GskpRKQvIM\">pic.twitter.com\/GskpRKQvIM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrageDustin\/status\/1620160645978292224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>MINNEAPOLIS, MN<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 For the second time this month, Minnesota Senate Democrats voted against eliminating the taxation of Social Security benefits \u2013 despite a massive projected budget surplus of $17.6 billion. Five of those Democrats have also already broken promises to end the taxation of social security benefits and did so again today; Sens. Hauschild, Gustafson, Kupec, Putnam and Seeberger all voted to maintain the tax again after doing so earlier this month. The Republican Party of Minnesota issued the statement below in response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis latest vote shows that Democrats in St. Paul are only interested in one thing \u2013 partisan politics. Instead of voting to provide much-needed tax relief to seniors by ending the tax on Social Security benefits, the Democrats voted to kill this bill for the second time this month. Meanwhile, Democrats in the legislature along with Gov. Tim Walz continue to push tax increases and one-time political gimmicks. With a budget surplus of more than $17 billion, Minnesota taxpayers deserve more than petty partisan games. Democrats need to stop the petty politics and work with Republicans to pass real, permanent tax relief for Minnesota families and businesses.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman David Hann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Fully Funding Education&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The term was intentionally misleading &#8211; when you finally got a DFLer to admit what this little word salad starter meant, it boiled down to rolling back a Pawlenty-era accounting shift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forget for a moment the flurry of teacher strikes and headlines about districts running out of money &#8211; as the DFL wants you to forget them &#8211; because it was never intended as anything but a campaign slogan to gull the gullible.<\/p>\n<p>The results are self-explanatory&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.americanexperiment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-04-at-10.14.39%E2%80%AFAM-937x1024.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;provided you can read and do math which, fortunately for the MNDFL, more and more Minesotans can&#8217;t.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Reducing Poverty 30%&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a promise they made before the 2023 session &#8211; and abruptly stopped once they started legislating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because while the stats aren&#8217;t in for this last few years yet&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/205478\/poverty-rate-in-minnesota\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/graphic\/1\/205478\/poverty-rate-in-minnesota.jpg\" alt=\"Statistic: Poverty rate in Minnesota in the United States from 2000 to 2022 | Statista\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width:1000px;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\"\/><\/a><br \/>Find more statistics at  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Statista<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;the leading indicators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/minnesota-food-shelves-ask-state-for-assistance-amid-record-demand\/\">just aren&#8217;t that good<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just want to keep that memory hole exhumed for election time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last couple of legislative sessions, the DFL wrote a whole bunch of moral checks. Since we&#8217;ve got an election coming up, how about we see how many of them bounced? Abortion Unrestricted abortion is one promise the DFL trifected promised and delivered on.&nbsp; Perhaps very very overdelivered. 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